Shuttle.



PATENTED BEC. 11, 1906.

B. LAMOUREX.

SHUTTLE.

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EDMOND LAMOUREUX, OF MONTRAL, QUEBEC, CANADA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOSEPH ARTHU R TOUSIGNANT, OF MONTRAL, CANADA.

SHUTTLE.

Specification of Letter s Patent.

Patented Dec. 11, 1906.

Application filed July 13,1905. Serial No. 269.466.

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Be it known that I, EDMOND LAMOUREUX, a citizen of the United States of America, residing in the city and district of Montreal, in the Province of Quebec, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvemente in Shuttles; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as Will en able others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The object of this invention is to provide a device whereby shuttles may be quickly and easily threaded, a further object being to provide a device of this class which obviates the necessity for the long curved slot hereto fore employed in the walls of shuttles and which tend to weaken the same, and a still further object being to provide such a device Which is detachably connected With a shuttle, which is simple and positive in operation, and comparatively inexpensiv.

My invention is fully described in the following specification, of which the accompanyin drawings form a part, in which suitable reterence characters are used to indicate the separate parts in each of the views, and in which Figure 1 is a plan view of a shuttle provided with my invention; Fig. 2, a side elevation thereof; Fig. 3, an enlarged fragmentary plan view of the threading device shown in position with the shuttle shown partly in transverse section; Fig. 4, a VieW similar to Fig. 3 with a part of my invention broken away; Fig. 5, a section on the line 5 5 of Fig. 4, and Fig. 6 a perspective view of my threading device detached from the shuttle.

In the drawings forming part of this specification I have shown a shuttle 4 and Witbin which is mounted a bobbin 5 of the usual or any desired construction, and in the practice of my invention I provide a substantially circular aperture 6 in the Wall of the shuttle.

At 7 I have shown a tube formed of a plate rolled to form the same and one of the ends of which extends a predetermined distance beyond the tube 7 to form a guidelip 8, the outer edge of which is inclined, as shown at 9, and the tube 7 projects into the aperture 6 and substantially through the Wall of the shuttle, which is preferably channeled externally in the position of the aperture 6.

The wall of the tube 7 is provided with a longitudinally arranged opening 11, into which the shorter end of the plate forming said tube extends, said end being formed into a tongue 12 of less diameter than the opening 1 l, as clearly shown in Fig. 4.

At 13 I have shown a plate which is formed on or integral With the guidelip 8, the object thereof being to provide means whereby the tube 7 may be secured in the transverse recess 14 of the shuttle, and the plate 13 is secured to said shuttle by means of a screw 15; but, if desired, various other means of securing the tube 7 may be employed, such as the pins 16 or other mechan ical equivalents.

l/Vhen it is desired to pass the thread from the bobbin 5 tlrrough the wall 10 of the shuttle, the end thereof is drawn out, and said thread is then passed beneath the guidelip 8, this operation forming a loop which slides down the inclined edge 9 when the end of the thread is pulled backwardly, and this loop of the thread is thereby guided entirely throu h the wall 10 and into a position where t1e same may be grasped and drawn outwardly, thereby withdrawing the end of said thread, and the threading of the shuttle is accomplished.

In the operation just described the thread passes over the tongue 12 in its passage to the interior of the sheet-metal tube 7 and also bears against the ends of the opening 11, and a tension (on the thread) is thus produced.

It Will be observed that a small circular opening in the wall 10 is all that is necessary, and the said wall is not weakened thereby, and the frequent breakage common to sliuttles as previously constructed is prevented, this feature constituting the important feature of my invention, and it Will be understood that various changes in and modifica' tions of the construction herein shown and described may be made without departing from the spirit of my invention or sacrificing its advantages.

Having fully described my invention, What I daim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a shuttle, the combination of a shuttle-body provided with a bobbin-cavity and an aperture in one wall extending to said oavity, the said wall being otherwise unbroken, and means in said cavity for guiding IOO a bobbin thread through said aperture, sub stantially as described.

2. In ashuttle, the combination of a shuttlebody providedwith a =bobbincavjty. and an aperture in one wall extending to said cavity, the said wall being otherwise unbroken, and an inclined guide in said cavity for guiding a bobbnthread through said aperture, substantally as deseribed.

3. In a shuttle, the combination of a shuttlebody provided with a bobbineavity and an aperture in one wall extending to said cavty, the said 'wall being otherwise unbroken, a tube extending within said aperture, and an inclined guide in said bobbincavity for guiding a bobbin-thread through said tube, substantia1ly as deseribed;

4. In a shuttle, the combination of a shuttle-body provided with a bobbin-cavity and an aperture in one wall extending .to said cavity, the said wall being otherwise unbroken, a tube extending within said aperture, and an nclined guide carred by said tube for guding a bobbin thread therethrou h, substantially as described.

5. J1 a shuttle, the combinaton of a shuttle-bod provided With a bobbin-cavjty and an aperture in one wall extending to said cavity, the said' wall being otherwise unbro'ken, a tube extending within said aperture and provided with anopen side, and rneans within said eavity for guiding a bobbin thread through sueh open side of said tube, substantially as deseribed.

6. In a shuttle, the combination of a shut tle-body provided with a bobbincavty and an aperture in one wall extending to said cavity, the said Wall being otherwse unbroken, a tube extending within said apermeans wthin the bobbin-cavity for guiding a bobbinthread 'against said tongue and through said tube, substantially as described.

8. In a shuttle, the eombination of a shutt1e-body provided with a-bobbin-cavity and. an aperture in one Wall extending to said cavity, the said wall bng otherwise unbroken, a tube extending within said aperture and provided wth an open side, and neans in the bobbincavity for *guiding a bObbiD-' thread throughsuch opensde of said tube,

substantally as deserbed;

9. In a shuttle, the combination of a shuttle-body provided with a bobbin-cavty and an aperture in one wall extending to said cavity, the said wall being otherwise unbroken, guiding means in said cavity for guiding a bobbin-thread through said aperture, and a plate earried by said guiding means for attachmnt to the shuttlebody, substantally as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two-witnesses.

EDMOND LAMOUREUX.

Witnesses ARTHUR TOUSIGNNT, T. MYNARD. 

